The corpus-user's chorus; Introduction; 1. Corpus creation; 2. Diachronic Corpus Study -- from past to present; 3. Synchronic Corpus Study -- present-day; 4. The Web as a Corpus; 5. Corpus Linguistics and Grammatical Theory; 6. Grammar Discussion Panel
Summary
This volume is witness to a spirited and fruitful period in the evolution of corpus linguistics. In twenty-two articles written by established corpus linguists, members of the ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Mediaeval English) association, this new volume brings the reader up to date with the cycle of activities which make up this field of study as it is today, dealing with corpus creation, language varieties, diachronic corpus study from the past to present, present-day synchronic corpus study, the web as corpus, and corpus linguistics and grammatical theory. It thus serve
